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Suppose we ought open 7.0. Concurrence. Mr Lucas. M Wingfeld 2016

Mr Lockhart letts me that the proclamation annexed is one which he would issue in Chinese when the leased land is taken over to inform the inhabitants generally of the change of government. He does not wish the boundaries mentioned under the city of Kowloon to be defined in the proclamation, nor is it intended to have any legal effect.

There is no objection to its terms. Other questions will arise when we get the actual terms of the lease, for example, Will the land be foreign territory or British territory so far as jurisdiction is concerned? In the former case, it will come under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act. In the Kowloon case, an Order in Council was passed annexing the new territory to Hong Kong (see Vol. herewith). It seems that this new territory will certainly be as much "part of Her dominion" as the district in which Dr Jameson planned and commenced his raid.

Another question will be whether the native inhabitants of the leased land will become British subjects.

M. Lockhart's proposed proclamation should suit the Chinese well. I do not think it would need much reference in it to the City of Kowloon.

As to the more important question raised in M. Cxt minute, Would it not be well to avoid defining the Status of the territory and its inhabitants but on learning the actual terms of the convention, simply annex it to Hong Kong by Letter Patent as follows: "Whereas the Territory adjoining the colony of Hongkong and its dependencies has been leased to Her Majesty..."

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we combat scelle in our in Itat despatch, to be kept in reserve for the moment arrives for formed tabung OVE the territory.Suppose we ought open 7.0. Concurrence. Mr Lucas. M Wingfeld 2016Mr Lockhart letts me that the proclamation annexed is one which he would issue in Chinese when the leased land is taken over to inform the inhabitants generally of the change of government. He does not wish the boundaries mentioned under the city of Kowloon to be defined in the proclamation, nor is it intended to have any legal effect.There is no objection to its terms. Other questions will arise when we get the actual terms of the lease, for example, Will the land be foreign territory or British territory so far as jurisdiction is concerned? In the former case, it will come under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act. In the Kowloon case, an Order in Council was passed annexing the new territory to Hong Kong (see Vol. herewith). It seems that this new territory will certainly be as much "part of Her dominion" as the district in which Dr Jameson planned and commenced his raid.Another question will be whether the native inhabitants of the leased land will become British subjects.M. Lockhart's proposed proclamation should suit the Chinese well. I do not think it would need much reference in it to the City of Kowloon.As to the more important question raised in M. Cxt minute, Would it not be well to avoid defining the Status of the territory and its inhabitants but on learning the actual terms of the convention, simply annex it to Hong Kong by Letter Patent as follows: "Whereas the Territory adjoining the colony of Hongkong and its dependencies has been leased to Her Majesty..."Page 30Page 31

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